King James Version
Psalms 63:4 in the King James Version says “Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.”
Psalms 63:4 · KJV
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: marrow: Heb. fatness
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Thus will I bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
“thee while I live”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“in thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“I will lift up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“my hands”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
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